Thursday, July 28, 2016

Florida 2016

Hello,

I am back after a trip to Florida and a quickie stop to see my sister's new place near Myrtle Beach North Carolina. I think I managed to take a few fence shots, sky shots and my usual birdie photos. These images are from Lakeland Florida.

Skywatch at the lake.

A neighborhood Limpkin.

A couple of White Ibis seen on the Walmart parking lot.

A nice sitting area near the lake.

Neighborhood Tricolored Heron and possible a Mottled Duck. The Florida birds were very cooperative posing near the fences.

Another view of the lake, palm tree and sky. I hope you enjoyed your visit. I appreciate your nice comments. Enjoy your day and the weekend ahead!

Here is a list of linky parties for part of the week, I hope to see you there. I have a few fence and my deck railing for Tex's Party and some pretty sky shots.

Thanks to Theresa @ The Run*A*Round Ranch for hosting Good Fences.
Thank you to Sylvia, Yogi and Sandy for hosting Skywatch Friday.

Hi Eileen--looks like a beautiful place. One doesn't usually think of going to Florida in the summer, but as hot and humid as we've all been this summer, I guess that didn't matter!Glad you had a good time.

beautiful lake views... and oh boy, that Limpkin is trouble, they make an unholy noise that will keep you up at night or day time make you grit your teeth. my friend lives on a lake and last year during mating season they considered putting a hit out on the local two limpkins...

Looks like you had a lovely visit to Florida and the birds do seem cooperative! But isn't Myrtle Beach in South Carolina? We went there once 40+ years ago when my husband was stationed at Fort Jackson.

Hello Florence, we drove to Florida and broke up the drive by stopping in North Carolina. My sister had a new home built near Myrtle Beach. Thanks for the comment and visit. Happy Thursday, enjoy your day!

Good grief, the Limpkins on the Walmart parking lot, incredible!!I thought of you a few days ago, Eileen when I saw the full moon!!!I took a picture of it with my 80 mm lens with you very present in my mind!! LOL!I will publish it soon!Great post, happy you enjoyed North Carolina, much nicer along the coast than in Raleigh!Warm hugs and keep well!

A very warm welcome back to you, dear Eileen! While I do see some birds on Wal-Mart parking lots here in Montreal, they are pigeons and seagulls, certainly not the large birds in your photo. Another beautiful series!

Sorry I've been so absent, Eileen. I'm not sitting for long these days. Florida is such a different world from Wisconsin! I love the exotic birds there, but especially love the photo of the Limpkin against that flowering shrub. Just beautiful! xo

What a lovely place to have a pleasant trip and vacation, Eileen and to see special birds and amazing things! welcome home! It's always lovely to watch your pictures! Have a very good day and a pleasant, sunny weekend, too!

Hi Eileen, this week I thought I'll have to catch you during the week with a comment (but it's often not before Saturday I think about this, lol) Beautiful post with the limpkin and the ibis. The water looks very relaxing! Have a great weekend and hope to see you there for SEASONS!

Hello,Florida is just amazing!Beautiful shots of those birds!I was saying to someone that I was amazed that they are direct descendants of cannivore dinosaurs and just a few monts ago I found out that some paleontologists discoverd some velociraptors fossils and there were feathers impressions!!! Meaning that velociraptors wore feathers! Have a nice day

Welcome home! We missed you!! Lakeland is a wonderful place for birding; I always hope we can spend a day or two in that area during our season. Thank you for sharing what it looks like when we're not anywhere near.

Dearest Eileen; How wonderful you got the special trip to see your sister♪ And GORGEOUS set of pictures of birds and fence etc. As for ibis; the Japanese crested ibis once said to be the extinct species,not sure now. Haha, I'll check later. I used to believe ibis is our national bird p:-)

I remember the first time I ever went to Florida and Limpkin was high on my wish list. I thought I would have to search extensively but I visited the home of birders I had met in Arizona and there were two Limpkin on a local pond where they lived. Go figure!

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I am married and have one son in his 20's. I live in Maryland, USA. Retired since Dec 2014 My hobbies are hiking, birding, taking photos and anything nature related.
I love traveling and seeing new places. I blog just for fun & take photos just for fun. I do not sell my photos but if you see one you want to use one just let me know.

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